Archive for Day: June 3, 2010

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Texas Health Insurance House Ways & Means Committee

Texas health insurance House Ways & Means Committee held a hearing last week to examine another potential new revenue source as it looks ahead to a rough budget session next year. The hearing was one of several in which the tax committee examined exemptions from the state sales and property […]

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Oklahoma Health Insurance Plugging a $6.8 billion Hole

Oklahoma health insurance seeking to plug a $6.8 billion hole in the state’s budget, the House forwarded one of several “revenue enhancement” bills to the Senate, which promptly adopted the bill and sent it to Governor Brad Henry. The bill would impose a 1 percent fee on all health insurance […]

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Ohio Health Insurance Dependent Coverage To Age 26

Ohio health insurance Department of Insurance has evaluated Health and Human Services’ interim final rule relating to Dependent Coverage of Children to Age 26 under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act and issued guidance to industry and employers on how the federal law will dovetail with Ohio’s current state […]

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New Mexico Health Insurance Medical Loss Ratio

New Mexico health insurance has established development of regulations clarifying the recently enacted medical loss ratio law has slowed dramatically in light of both the exodus of key employees from the Division of Insurance and the need to determine its interplay with the federal Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. […]

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Georgia Health Insurance Discussions June

Georgia health insurance discussions continue regarding a possible veto of a bill that would apply state prompt-pay requirements to self-funded health plans.  The Governor has until June 8th to sign the legislation. In addition, a hearing has been scheduled for June 10th by the Georgia Insurance Department to discuss federal […]

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Health Insurance Reform Update June

Congress has once again left town for a recess, until June 7, allowing two key health benefit items to expire at the end of May. One is the “doc fix,” which is needed to stave off a pending 21 percent cut in Medicare physician reimbursements. Aetna favors a multiple-year change […]

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Health Insurance Reform Capitol Update

House Splits Extenders Bill, No Senate Bill until June Last week’s Capitol Update discussed the “tax extenders” package that is currently being debated in the House, saying that Democratic leaders hoped to pass it by the Memorial Day recess. House Democratic leaders made the decision last week to split the […]

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Health Insurance Reform Legislative Update

HCSC President and CEO Meets with HHS Secretary Sebelius On May 27, Pat Hemingway Hall, President and CEO of Health Care Service Corporation (HCSC), which operates Blue Cross and Blue Shield divisions in Illinois, New Mexico, Oklahoma and Texas, joined executives from Cigna, WellPoint and the Blue Cross and Blue […]